3. Venom Lethal Protector
With the upcoming film taking a lot of inspiration from this series, and its importance to Venom and Eddie’s growth toward anti-hero status, pick up this graphic novel that collects Venom: Lethal Protector #1 – #6. Written by Venom’s co-creator David Michelinie, and drawn by Mark Bagley and Ron Lim, this story follows Eddie as he leaves New York City to return to his hometown of San Francisco. In this story, we get glimpses of Eddie’s childhood through his father and even more details from the Brock family maid, and we discover new experiments helmed by the Life Foundation’s Carlton Drake and Rolland Treece, which involves creating more symbiotes. Eddie helps a secret society of homeless people beneath San Francisco as he battles against Carlton Drake and his forces. Maybe there’s hope for Eddie Brock yet.